Fast, CAS on Tap DARPA successfully tested the air and ground elements of its prototype Precision Close Air Support system for the first time during a Marine Corps training exercise in March, the agency announced. “The successful tests point the way to a new model in which … ground forces...

Airmen Rescue Saudi Aircrew —ARIE CHURCH, AF Ass’n ​Djibouti-based Air Force rescue personnel last week plucked a two-man Saudi F-15S crew from the Red Sea after the pair ejected during a strike sortie over Yemen, according to the Saudi government and a press report. An HH-60G rescue helicopter from Camp...

Rescue Ready in Djibouti Airmen from the 303rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron conduct a casualty evacuation exercise in conjunction with a refueling exercise with the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Mar 12, 2015, at Grand Bara, Djibouti. Air Force photo by SSgt. Kevin Iinuma. US and French rescue forces pre-positioned at Camp...

AFSOC Christens New Wing Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold The 352nd Special Operations Group at RAF Mildenhall, UK, was official elevated to wing status, becoming the 352nd Special Operations Wing in a ceremony on March 23. “We’re thickening up that particular overseas location,” Air Force Special Operations Command boss Lt. Gen....